title: Cerebral infarction after mild head trauma in children.
abstract: We conducted this retrospective, case record review to determine the risk factors and clinical features associated with cerebral infarction after mild head trauma in children. The median age of the cohort was 2.18 years (range, 6 mo-8 y). Most (26/29) of the patients developed the neurological symptoms and signs within 72 hours after trauma, 51.7% within 30 minutes. The first symptoms included hemiparesis (20), facial paresis (7), and convulsion (7). 86.21% of the lesions lay in basal ganglia region. Pre-existing basal ganglia calcification was identified in 13 as a risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatric Neurology and Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China. Correspondence to: Feng-Hua Yang, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 36 Sanhao Street, Shenyang, China. yangfh@sj-hospital.org.
authors.forename: Feng-Hua
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors